Finally something to smile about!!!!!!! After nearly three months sitting in the dark there is finally a faint glimmer from the night light of hope that is getting an interview!! After being told that my ACLO would give me a phone call this week and the end result that he didn't, I decided once again to phone up the London AFCO. Again the very kind receptionist couldn't understand why, after three months and an RT test, I still had no interview. However, instead of fobbing me off with some excuse about him contacting me in the 'near' future, she gave me his mobile number (now we're getting somewhere
). So I decided to give the number a ring and see if I could get through to him. I have just this moment got off the phone to him and finally I can say with some pride and relief that I have a date for that allusive interview . Although this is only a small step in the eventual marathon that I must run, I still feel a great sense of achievement in persevering until I achieved my goal however small. On the down side however, the interview has been scheduled for the 24th of January which is over a month away; and will mean that the total time I have waited for this interview will be around 4 months! Although this is slightly annoying as it means I will have to wait further still, at least I know that the date is definite and the anxiousness I suffered from worrying about when they would contact me is over. Now I just have to sit back and wait for the 24th. Easier said than done.
Whilst on the phone to my ACLO I decided to ask, for my own piece of mind, whether I would be able to be eligible for selection before I went away to uni in October. Thankfully he reckoned I should be able to if I pass my FATs and AIB well enough but it might go right down to the wire. This info is a huge weight off my mind as I was worried that, what with the process being so ridiculously long, I would end up going to Uni for about a month paying my tuition fees and accommodation then being told I had a place at BRNC. This would be a total waste of time and money I don't have.
So now the weight begins, and I'm sure that like an engine that wont start, once the application process gets going it wont stop (sorry for the poor analogy ). Next stop the 24th.
